Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites

Contemporary Strategies

Tag E. Mansour (Stanford University, California), Joan MacKinnon Mansour

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Cambridge University Press
11 December 2002

Medical parasitology; Pharmacology; Parasitology (non-medical)

Parasitic infections are the most prevalent of human diseases, and researchers continue to face the challenge of designing drugs to successfully counteract them. Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents. An introduction to the early development of parasite chemotherapy is followed by an overview of biophysical techniques and genomic and proteomic analysis. Several chapters are devoted to specific types of chemotherapeutic agents and their targets in malaria, trypanosomes, leishmania and amitochondrial protists. Chapters on helminths include metabolic, neuromuscular, microtubular and tegumental targets. Emphasized throughout is the design of more selective and less toxic drugs than in the past. This up-to-date book will be especially relevant to medical and clinical researchers and to graduate students in parasitology, pharmacology, medicine, microbiology, and biochemistry.

By: Tag E. Mansour (Stanford University California)
With: Joan MacKinnon Mansour
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9780521620659
ISBN 10: 0521620651
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 11 December 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites: Contemporary Strategies

'... will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students and will hopefully stimulate renewed interest in this important area of research.' John Barrett, Parasitology 'Students of parasitology, research workers interested in drug development and practitioners in tropical medicine will find this book an invaluable guide to the theory of the chemical treatment of parasitic infections.' Chemistry in Australia